Martin v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Whenever the design of a person to commit a crime is clearly shown, slight acts done in furtherance of this design will constitute an attempt____”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1968-10-14· cited 114×
• Sizemore v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-04-21· cited 56×
• United States v. Jacob Cartlidge, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-01-14· cited 50×
• Siquina v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-12-22· cited 39×
• Tharrington v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-07-01· cited 36×
• United States v. Martin Hunt
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-04-16· cited 22×
• Colley v. Colley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1963-03-04· cited 19×
• Sellers v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1957-04-24· cited 18×
• Ashford v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-02-28· cited 15×
• State Ex Rel. Worley v. Lavender
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1963-07-12· cited 15×
• Dupuy v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1959-05-01· cited 14×
• Gheorghiu v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-08-25· cited 7×
• Herring v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2014-06-05
• Commonwealth v. Littlefield
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2001-09-21
• United States v. Xavier Greene
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-04-16
• United States v. Ryan Taybron
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-04-16
• United States v. Raymond Palmer
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-04-16
• United States v. Geovanni Douglas
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-04-16
• United States v. Eric Nixon
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-04-16
• United States v. Deshaun Richardson
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-04-16

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Merritt v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1935-06-13· cited 104×
• Hicks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1889-06-20· cited 67×
• Thacker v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1922-11-16· cited 65×
• Glover v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1889-11-21· cited 62×
• Granberry v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-01-14· cited 45×
• Tarr v. Tarr
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1945-10-08· cited 29×
• Dixon v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1934-03-22· cited 27×
• Collins v. City of Radford
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1922-09-21· cited 23×
• Lee v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1926-01-14· cited 14×
• Preddy v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-01-14· cited 10×
• Pearsons v. Pearsons
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1935-11-05· cited 5×
• Anderson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-10-12· cited 4×
• Mawyer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1924-11-13· cited 4×
• Saunders v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-11-24· cited 3×